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Iceland

Maja – Residency

3rd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Maja
Maja Confirmed in the catalog @105322
Jun 24 – Aug 28, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Aug 2023

55 m
Deepest dive
2:00
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 2023104 m6.4°C55 m
Jul 24, 2023101 m8.6°C34 m
Aug 28, 202344 m10.3°C40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 28

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:00
Longest dive
27
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (104 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 104 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.4°C – 10.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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